Developing legacy system migration methods and tools for technology transfer

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1333-1364

  De Lucia, Andrea ^a   Francese, Rita ^a   Scanniello, Giuseppe ^b   Tortora, Genoveffa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Legacy systems; Migration to the web; Reengineering; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE; REENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; USER INTERFACES;

BATCH PROGRAMS; DATABASE ACCESSES; DECOMPOSABILITY; EMBEDDED CONTROLS; INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS; INTERFACE DESCRIPTIONS; LEGACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE FRAMEWORKS; MIGRATION PROCESSES; MIGRATION STRATEGIES; MIGRATION TO THE WEB; MULTI TIERS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SOFTWARE COMPANIES; SUB SYSTEMS; SYSTEM MIGRATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

LEGACY SYSTEMS;

EID: 55649113590     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.870     Document Type: Article

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